Horse



Aug. 18 1931. A. F. LINSNER HORSE Filed Sept. 20, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l awveutm AFTHU/FiLl/VSNEK By Gluten W1 4 Aug. 18, 1931. A. F. LINSNER HORSE Filed Sept. 20. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 vwenboz ARTHUR FL z/vs/vf/e W Patented Aug. 18, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE ARTHUR F. LINSNER, OF ASTORIA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO'DEFIANCE SALES COR- PORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK HORSE Application filed September 20, 1929. Serial No. 393,899. i

This invention relates to an improved supporting member in the form of a horse, which While not limited thereto is particularly adapted for use in supporting drawing boards, table tops, platforms or the like. The invention aims to provide a horse which can be folded or collapsed so as to permit it to be stored away in a comparatively small compact space.

The invention will be readily understood from the following specification when read in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features will be defined with particularity in the appended claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention and also showing an auxiliary drawing board support adapted to be combined with the improved horse;

Fig. 2 is an end view showing a horse in collapsed position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an alternative form of auxiliary drawing board support adapted to be combined with the improved horse.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the horse proper comprises a supporting beam formed of longitudinally extending sections 10 and 12, which are connected with one another by hinges 14. The sections 10 and 12 are mortised as indicated at 16 for the reception of legs or standards 18, which are glued or screwed so as to secure them firmly to said sections.

The legs 18 diverge outwardly and downwardly from the sections 12 and 14. Each pair of legs 1818 is braced near its lower end by a cross brace 20, the same being held by bolts 22, which pass through suitable holes formed in the legs and cross brace. Bolts 22 are preferably detachably secured by means of wing-nuts 24. hen in use the parts will be secured as shown in Fig. 1 and when collapsed for shipment or storage the legs 18 and cross brace 20 can be swung to the position of Fig. 2 merely by removal of certain of the bolts 22 as will be understood.

The collapsible horse as described can be used as a support for drawing boards, table tops, or various other devices, which can be placed directly upon the supporting beam 10. However, when the horse is to beused for drawing boards, I propose to combine therewith an auxiliary support of the kind shown in Fig. 1. This auxiliary support includes a thin plank 24 having dowel pins 26 depending from the underside thereof, which are adapted to engage recesses 28 formed in the supporting beam 10. To the plank 24 is secured a hinge 30, which'in turn is secured to a second plank 32 on which a drawing board is adapted to be placed.

The plank32 at the free end thereof car- At the forward end of the plank 32, I provi'de a shoulder, or piece of molding 44, which serves as a stop for the forward end of the drawing board supported on the horse.

Instead of the adjustable drawing board supportillustrated in Fig. 1, in some cases I mayprovide singlerwedge shaped pieces 46- as shown in Fig. 3, said pieces being formed with a stop bead 48 at the front end thereofand being provided with dowel pins- 26 for engagement with the recesses 28 formed in the supporting beam of the horse.

From the foregoing it is clear that the horse described can be easily and quickly collapsed .for the purpose of stowing it away or for ease of transportation. It is to be noted also that because of the hinge connection between the two sections of the supporting beam that in the event the dowels 26Vcarried by the auxiliary support should bind in the recess 28 due to expansion or contraction of one of the members relatively to the other caused by moisture, that the auxiliary support can be readily freed by disconnecting one of the bolts 22 and thereupon moving the sections 10 and 12 relatively to one another about the hinged connection 14.

If desired, it is also to be understood that because of the hinged connection between the two parts of the supporting beam, an extremely tight fit can be secured between the dowels 26 in the auxiliary support and the. recess 28 so as to permit of a pinching action. This enables the auxiliary support to be securely clamped to the horse in such a way that the same cannot-be easily dislodged. Such a clamping connection is of importance particularly where the horse is used as a drawing board support, it being understood by those skilled in the art that it is of importance While drafting work is-being executed that the drawing board support must not be of a wobbly nature.

WVhile I have described quite specifically ;certain detailed features of the embodiment of the inventionillustrated it is not to be construed that I am limited thereto since various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the inven- 2 tion as defined in the appended claims.

hat I claim is 1. A device of the character described comprising a horse including two longitudinally extending members hinged to one another,

f3Q legs secured to said members, an auxiliary support having a part adapted to be clamped between said longitudinally extending members and means secured to at least two of said legs for holding said members in clamped L -relationship with said auxiliary support.

I 2. A device of the character described comprising a horse including'two longitudinally extending sections hingedly secured to one another, a leg secured to each of said sections,

l' fl an auxiliary support having depending dowels adapted to be clamped between said longitudinal members and means for holding said longitudinalmembers in clamping engagement with said dowels.

3. A device of the character described comprising a horse including two longitudinally extending members movable relatively to one another, a detachable auxiliary support having a part adapted to be clamped between said longitudinal members and means for holding said members inclamping engagement with said auxiliary support.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my'name;

ARTHUR F. LINSNER. 

